Will you miss not seeing the Class 1A Division II state high school basketball championships being hosted at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Fort Hays State University this year? (FHSU and KSHSAA has decided to relocate this year's tournament to Dodge City since the FHSU women have the possibility of hosting an NCAA Division II regional tourney.)

After serving as acting superintendent of the Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility for the past six months, Wendy Leiker has been selected to fill the role permanently, the Kansas Department of Corrections announced Thursday.

Leiker has been at LJCF since 2003 and will oversee the facility that houses up to 129 medium-custody male during the past decade. She rose through the ranks, serving as a Juvenile Corrections Officer II, the facility Disciplinary Hearing Officer, captain and was appointed as the deputy superintendent in 2009.

Leiker earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Hutchinson Community College, a bachelor's degree in psychology from Washburn University and has done graduate work at Fort Hays State University, where she also has worked as an adjunct faculty member.